disincentive
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv/
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desincentivo
- Changes must be made in U.S. banking regulations to remove existing disincentives to debt reduction.
- incentives and disincentives
- create disincentives
- financial disincentives
That's often a disincentive for survivors to engage in self-care as well.
- That's often a disincentive for survivors to engage in self-care as well.
- You know, with nuclear weapons, we worked out very quickly that this had achieved the scale where the disincentive to use them kicked in.
- You know, with nuclear weapons, we worked out very quickly that this has achieved the scale where the disincentive to use them kicked in.
- Four years later, they literally are in this deal for no money at this point and now there's a massive disincentive for them to sell the project.
- If with inflation, you're essentially giving the people that can print money a way to dampen the disincentives they face.
- In fact, there's a huge disincentive to not follow what it is leadership has set as policy in the in the farm if you want to stay there.
Examples
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The larger the disincentive effect of taxes is, the larger the welfare loss.
Academic text (1997) -
Time pressures produce in many students and teachers today a collection of disincentives to spend time reasoning things out.
Academic text (1999) -
And so economic disincentive is is a potential risk that the industry faces.
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There is, in a competitive market economy, a disincentive to communicate information.
Academic text (1990) -
Republicans believe that there is a disincentive when people to work if you are paid more money to stay at home than you are to work.
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While these taxes and transfers will be substantial, the disincentive effects will still be tolerable.
Blog text (3) -
As a result, there are insufficient incentives and too many disincentives for students and faculty to become involved.
Academic text (1996) -
Market volatility is the bane of secondary markets and is a serious disincentive to recycling efforts.
Academic text (1994) -
For Murray, poor adults are short-sighted calculators who are tempted into dysfunction by the disincentives of welfare.
Academic text (1991) -
The high fines imposed by the government act as a disincentive for individuals considering littering in public places.
Synonyms
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6.6
Something that makes people less likely to do something, often by fear of punishment
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7.5
The act of stopping people from doing something by making them afraid of the result
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3.8
Making someone less willing to do something by saying you do not like it
Something that makes people avoid doing something by showing possible bad results
Antonyms
How Discouraging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disincentive is made of dis- meaning 'not' and incentive meaning 'something that encourages you'. Think of it as the opposite of an incentive, like a sign that says 'don't do this', so a disincentive discourages a person from taking an action.